What A Year It Has Been

So every time I check in and read my friend Dawn's blog I see the last post I have posted on her side bar and today realized it has been a year! This year has been crazy! Last December my mom ended up getting very sick and needed emergency surgery right before we were supposed to drive down to Texas to see Jeremy's family for Christmas. She came through the surgery and we decided we could still drive down to TX. It was a fun trip! On the long drive though we talked about my mom and how we should probably some day move to NJ to be closer to her. Well when we arrived back home around New Years we were surprised to discover I was expecting again! Payton was born August 22nd. =) We just love her and Chloe loves being a big sister! She always wants Payton to play with her. Well in January we found out my mom needed someone to live with her full time so Chloe and I made the move to NJ. Jeremy did not move down here until Payton was born. 2011 flew by for me! During that time Chloe turned 1 in Feb, then we moved to NJ, came back to Syracuse to finish teaching so I could keep the health insurance for a little longer at the end of April, right after school ended in June I was in extreme pain and had to have emergency surgery while pregnant to remove a cyst, my sister was married 2 weeks later, and Payton arrived a little over a month later!

Chloe went from just walking to running in a few months time. Saying a few words to talking in full sentences. I will never forget her first time telling me what animals say when she was only 14 months old. =) Earlier this week she called me into her room because she had garbage. When I walked in there she had taken off her socks and was cleaning the lint between her toes!

Payton is now 5 months old and is rolling over and has just begun eating cereal. She smiles all the time and loves to laugh, which I make her do often!

Walker

Chloe loves her walker from Grandma!

Pulling herself up

Chloe has now pretty much mastered crawling, but has decided she would rather walk by holding our hands. Everytime I try to have her sit down on the floor she will not bend her legs and I feel like I am telling her to "sit" like I tell our dog Annie. This past week she began to pull herself to a standing position. I will try to get a video of it sometime this week if I remember when I am home from work.

It has been an adjustment going back to work. I miss my little girl so much! Each day gets easier (meaning I am no longer crying) but I am counting the weeks until I have a day off (4 weeks). =) At least I know I pretty much have at least one day off a month except for March to spend with my little angel. It is amazing being a mom...I love her so much!

Just Wondering

I really only know of 1 person who reads this because she is the only one who posts comments (Hi Dawn!). I have the live traffic feed and it is interesting to see all the different places people are from who are reading this blog. So I guess I am kind of wondering who you are and if I know you. =) Please leave a comment if you feel like it. Otherwise I will just keep wondering...

Pictures

I went and finally had Chloe's 6 month pictures taken! I had a very hard time picking out my favorite one so I ended up getting 4 different poses. Chloe did such a great job and didn't fuss at all. She actually ended up falling asleep in my arms as I was trying to eliminate 67 pictures. I was able to keep the cd of pictures so I will post a few favorites!





These were taken at the very end when she was getting a little tired. I brought a second outfit for her to change into and then at the end the photographer asked if we could put her in the tutu and pearls. Of course I said yes!

Here is one of her precious smiles!

Arizona

We are finally adjusting to being back home after visiting my dad last weekend. Chloe did great on the plane and pretty much slept the whole entire time. Jeremy and I were able to sit in the bulk head for all of the flights so that was nice to have the extra leg room which Jeremy definitely needed. We had a wonderful visit with my dad and sharon, we also were able to see my cousin Josi and her husband Justin as well. I will not be traveling to Arizona in the summer again! I was begging for some humidity because it was so dry and hot! I felt like I was baking in an oven. 112 degrees is not for me! I tried to post some pictures but blogger keeps telling me there is an error. So if you want to see them you can look on facebook. =) My dad took us to Tortilla Flats, Frank Lloyd Wright's Talesin (his school and winter home), Cave Creek and we hung out at Josi and Justins. Overall it was a lot of fun!

6 month appointment

Chloe had her 6th month appointment at the doctors today. She wouldn't nap before hand so we had a cranky baby by the time the doctor came to look at her. She said everything looks good! Chloe now weighs 15 1/b 2 oz and is 26 1/2 inches. We have a lightweight on our hands right now. She did well with the shots considering she was crying before but fell asleep as soon as I put her in the car.

This afternoon I'm having a few friends over to hang out and then Jeremy and I are going to visit/work at a couples house from our church. Jeremy is going to work and Chloe and I will just visit with Grandma Becky. I'm looking forward to actually talking to people today who can say words back instead of just smile and blow raspberries at me! =)